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It's baseball's fault

December 18, 2004|By Anthony C. Wilson.

AURORA — I am sick and tired of listening to the media and sports fans rip Barry Bonds and Jason Giambi for steroid use. Labeling these two as a disgrace to the game and cheaters and following it up with talk that Bonds will not make a Hall of Fame ballot is a joke.

First of all, the high and mighty at MLB have disgraced the game in a way that individuals never could. The fact that a World Series was skipped is a disgrace to baseball. Not allowing blacks to play was a disgrace to baseball. The steroid issue is simply a reflection of the times we live as people nip/tuck and Atkins themselves to a "better" person. As greedy a society as we are, I cannot understand how we can put so much stock in what people playing a game are doing.

And as far as the cheater tag goes, using a corked bat, as Sammy Sosa did, is cheating. If Bonds' steroid use is cheating, tell me, how many World Series rings has he won?